✨Lion versus Leopard✨
This mosaic immediately captures your attention - the direct gaze of the lion forcing the leopard into submission is hard to miss. The mosaic has suffered some damage from subsistence over the years but feels acutely compelling even with the rough edges.
✨Brand New Episode - A New Republic?✨
As we emerge, bleary-eyed and slightly peckish from the Gallic Sack of Rome, we find ourselves in a new era – a new Republic, one might say! It is 389 BCE and Rome is in its rebuilding era.
How does Rome navigate the aftermath of the biggest disaster it’s ever faced? Find out with us!
#AncientRome #Podcast #History
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The Romans are forging a new republic after the Gallic Sack and Camillus is there to guide them through the treacherous waters.The Partial Historians (The Partial Historians - Ancient Roman History with smart ladies)
Have you ever heard of the “The Hasanlu Lovers?” If not, don’t be too quickly seduced by the exotic and romantic sounding moniker this phenomenon has been awarded.Ancient Origins Reconstructing the story of humanity's past
✨Belated #MosaicMonday with a mosaic thought to personify Autumn✨
We must confess to enjoying the long weekend and entirely missing Monday, but we’re back now! In our corner of the globe, autumn is upon us - though it might very well be the warmest autumn in quite some time. To honour the season, we offer this beautiful mosaic. It’s provenance is not ideal but it is thought to date to the 2nd to 3rd century CE.
✨Special Episode - Archaic Roman Religion✨
As with all aspects of the archaic period, it can be difficult to find reliable and detailed source material for certain aspects of religious life. However, the gods were hugely important to the Romans, so there are a variety of sources that we can use to piece together a picture of what practices and ideas guided the early Romans.
#AncientRome #Religion #Podcast
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In this episode, we discuss aspects of archaic Roman religion, such as the role of nature, early gods, and priesthoods.The Partial Historians (The Partial Historians - Ancient Roman History with smart ladies)
✨Venus, House of Venus - Pompeii✨
What a way to celebrate Friday with this gorgeous depiction of Venus. She appears to glide across the sea as she reclines in a shell. She is accompanied by a nereid riding a dolphin and Cupid shyly hanging back behind the shell.
✨It’s a god; it’s a man; it’s HERCULES!✨
Hercules’ second labour is a fitting match for #ReliefWednesday (that old hump day). Here he squares off against the Lernean Hydra.
The hydra was known to terrorise the countryside around Lerna with its nine serpenty heads. Between the venom and the fact that one head was immortal, this was not a labour to be sneezed at!
🏟️🧱 Roman legionaries were more than just fighters. They were skilled engineers who carried over 25 kg of gear and built fortified cities every night while on campaign.
This detailed look at Roman #logistics explains how their disciplined approach to camp security and road building allowed them to manage the empire.
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The Roman Empire extended from the Atlantic to the Middle East, conquered and defended by its disciplined, professional soldiers. What was it like to be a Roman soldier?TheCollector
✨Orpheus✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Orpheus, whose musical gifts were such that he was capable of attracting all manner of animals to his side. In this mosaic panel, found near Edessa and dated to 194 CE, Orpheus plays his lyre and predator and prey alike are soothed by his song.
🎨🏛️ Did you know the "classic" white marble look of Roman #statues was actually an accident? Ancient artists originally covered their work in bright, lifelike #colors, but centuries of weathering and overzealous scrubbing took its toll.
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#history #archaeology #ancientrome #art #science #education #museums #sculpture #discovery #learning
The idea of the classical period—the time of ancient Greece and Rome—as an elegantly unified collection of superior aesthetic and philosophical cultural traits has its own history, one that comes in large part from the era of the Neoclassical.OC (Open Culture)
Münzsammlung der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburgikmk.uni-freiburg.de
Münzsammlung der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburgikmk.uni-freiburg.de
Münzsammlung der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburgikmk.uni-freiburg.de
Ancient San Francisco (50 BC +/-)..
Or:
Perhaps it was the Romans not the Vikings that discovered North America ?
#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #us #usa #travelphotography #sf #sfba #photooftheday #potd #california #bnw #history #historic #sanfrancisco #leftcoast #BlackAndWhite #abstract #monochrome #architecture #blackandwhitephotography #abstractPhotography #architecturalphotography #ancientrome
Si alguna vez oíste que los romanos cobraban en sal y te preguntabas para qué tenían entonces el dinero, esta es tu entrada. #sal #salt #etimologia #etymology #language #idioma #antiguaroma #ancientrome #economia #economy
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¿Qué nos dicen los romanos? ¿Y de dónde surgió esta idea?TDI (Resolviendo la incógnita)
